Received this email from Bart Hinkle: At approx. 12:30 on Sunday, 2/28, my neighbors informed me my dog, who had run off shortly before, was apparently injured and surrounded by a crowd of people at the intersection of Leicester and Forest Hill. By the time I got there, dog and crowd has disappeared. Chipper has [...]
City Press Release has the details: City adding adult sports to recreation programming Richmond ’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is starting a new adult sports league “The department has focused primarily on giving children in the city the opportunity to play sports, but the addition of this new league will give adults [...]
[slideshow id=45] More than 100 volunteers braved cold, blustery winds Saturday at Forest Hill Park to plant several hundred new trees. The plantings are a part of a project funded by the Friends of Forest Hill Park, the Richmond Area Midatlantic off-road Enthusiasts and the Department of Parks and Recreation, and fueled by volunteers from [...]
From RTD: The park was getting a makeover of sorts yesterday. Representatives from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and Friends of Forest Hill Park joined volunteers from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond and local high schools to build bridges, dig out new trails and cover up the old [...]
Sherri Johnson is helping the stray cat population in her neighborhood of Springhill. I sent her an email asking about it and got back a great response with some details on her and her neighbors efforts to fight this common problem. Make sure go the the full article for pictures of two of the cats [...]
From the Farm to Family Facebook page: Bus is at forest hill ave and westover hills blvd till 6pm Lots of fresh dairy milk yogurt feta cheese butter and polyface meats and eggs! Hydro cuccumbers and water cress stayman, winesap, fuji, and pink lady apples oyster mushrooms rutabegas turnips sweet potatoes butternut maple sausage and [...]
Our friendly (this is only speculation at this point and should not be accepted as fact) neighborhood coyote was spotted in the Woodland Heights neighborhood tonight. The critter was spotted in the alley on W 25th Street. Don’t forget your cat and smaller dog could be a tasty morsel for these opportunistic feeders. Virginia Department [...]
From the RPS website; Join local associations in Richmond to rally against budget cuts at Capitol Square Grounds on Saturday, February 27 at 11am Download Event Details (PDF) VEA has a form for contacting the Governor and your legislators. List of Legislators contact information
John Murden over at CHPN is master of maps and has a city wide map of all the Historic Districts in Richmond. I copied our chunk of the city including the area for the proposed Forest Hill Historic District. Full Map and thanks again to John.
Brown Distributing, Once Upon a Vine & Max’s Positive Vibe Café have banded together to hold a Charity Beer Dinner benefiting the Get Lost MD (Muscular Dystrophy) & Positive Vibe Café. Sunday Feb 28th, 2010 5pm-8:30pm $25/person Tasting of 5 German style beers from local breweries with a full German buffet & live music call [...]
A sample of their music and remember it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
In case you didn’t see the signs it appears that leaf pickup is back on for next week. The city website confirms that Westover Hills/Forest Hill/Woodland Heights leaf pickup will happen between Mar 1, 2010 – Mar 5, 2010. If the past is any indicator this is a sure sign that we will get either [...]
From the RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY NOTEWORTHY REPORT Feb. 23 – 24, 20 1 0 Today’s Good News The following officers recently responded to a burglary alarm at a Jahnke Road business. They used their intelligence and tactical ability to establish a perimeter, conduct a detailed search and locate a suspect, who was charged with [...]
The Friends of the James Group, the local arm of the Sierra Club is looking for help and has a list of three events (besides their normal cleanups and other work) that they could use a hand with. The letter below was copied from their website. Dear FOJG Volunteers, It that time of year again [...]
From Facebook: Has your child applied to PHSSA for 2010-2011 school year? Save the date for our student lottery on Thursday, March 11th, 7 pm at the school. More details to come next week. I am hoping they have one of those big machines like they use for the VA lottery but I think I [...]
The Friends of the James are organizing a cleanup for this weekend. This cleanup has been delayed a couple times due to snow. The trash is starting to show up through the melting snow, so we’re going to try the Riverside Dr. cleanup this Saturday, Feb. 27th at 9 a.m. Meet at Pony Pasture–the parking [...]
Sorry for the last minute notice but the Woodland Heights Civic Association meets at 7pm, Tues. Feb. 23rd (tonight) at WH Baptist Church-31st & Springhill. Meet the new President Vicky Steinruck & hear updates on neighborhood news.
City Council voted 9-0 last night to name the soon-to-be-built bridge at Forest Hill Park Lake after the Harvey Family who were murdered January 1, 2006. In a separate matter they also approved the use of property at Canoe Run to be used for new fire house. via RTD
The Westover Hills Library Advisory Group (WHLAG) recently updated their website to include some more details about their impending renovation. Although it will be closed for a few months, the improvements are sure to be worth it. Looking at photos taken at its opening you can see that many of the fixture,s like the shelves [...]
From NBC12: But soon, your walk may not be so nerve-racking. The city is spending $421,000 in state grants to improve the safety here. Soon, you’ll see most of the side lights between 7th and 15th Streets disappear. Traffic arms with new traffic signals will appear over the roads. Also, new cross walk signals will [...]
RTD article Proposed Ordinace (Full Agenda) 28. Ord. No. 2010-43 (Patron: President Graziano) – To name the restored pedestrian bridge across Reedy Creek located in Forest Hill Park as “Harvey Family Bridge” in honor of the Harvey family.
Due to the snow the original date for the craft swap was canceled. Fear not you crafty folks it is back on for this Sunday. 3rd annual Crafters Anonymous Craft Swap to support Art 180! at Artworks, Sunday January 31, 2010, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. The Crafters Anonymous Craft Swap is an opportunity for [...]
Just got word that the that the proposed Urban Tree Policy, Ordinance 2010-33, will not be heard tonight by the City Council. Full Press Release
With the temperatures in the high 50s I grabbed the kid and the camera and we headed down to the newly restored lake. Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make it happen. I hadn’t been down since the work had been completed. Gone are the orange fencing and construction vehicles. Benches [...]
It was the local Sierra Club group Fall of the James that pointed out the wonderful work that the James River Outdoor Coalition, Blue Ridge Mountain Sports and Sportsbackers have done on building steps and platforms on the back side of the Manchester Climbing Wall.
